Wizibel makes videos for your music, so you don't have to | Cult of Mac: "Wizibel is designed to make automatic music videos. No, they won’t reach the heights of budget and absurdity of the promos from history’s greatest era of music videos, the 1980s, but they will make great automatic visuals for ADD kids to ignore while they listen to your music"

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Spotify drops efforts to buy SoundCloud in prep for IPO plans - report: "Although the two companies were in negotiations for months, any chance of a deal is said to have died in the past week, a source told TechCrunch on Thursday. Spotify was allegedly worried that buying SoundCloud would hurt its preparations for a stock IPO, which has been rumored for 2017."

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Eric Schmidt: Europe's The Factory 'is perfect for the renaissance to come' | VentureBeat | Entrepreneur | by Elena Rueckert, VentureVillage
After two years of construction, the eagerly anticipated Factory held its grand opening yesterday. The startup campus will welcome 22 companies, including SoundCloud, Twitter, and 6Wunderkinder, to its 16.000 m2 space.

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EDM Culture: Why SoundCloud Is Way Better Than Terrestrial Radio | Magnetic Magazine - Youtube, Spotify and Soundcloud are increasingly putting people on to new music.

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